Pope John XVIII

Pope John XVIII (919-1 July 1009) was Pope from 1004 to 1009, succeeding Pope John XVII and preceding Pope Sergius IV.

Biography
Fasanius was born in Rapagano to a Roman priest named Leo, and in 1004 John Crescentius appointed him as pope to rival Otto III of Germany. John XVIII had to deal with the rivalry between Arduin of Ivrea and Henry II of Germany over control of Germany, plague in Rome, and the Emirate of Sicily's raids. He died in 1009.